Scott -
When Don & I were in San Diego, our room-mate's cat did the same thing. She usually just caught crickets. I saw her in the hall with something in her mouth. It was a mouse. Don had to help me get her to let go of it and it was still alive so it took off running. It went under our bed where we couldn't get it,so we had to let her go after it and catch it again and then take it away from her again. It escaped again and ran into the bathroom. I took the cat and shut Don in the bathroom until he caught it. He took it outside and let it go. The cat was searching the apartment for it for hours afterwards. Quite an experience.
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